virtua.comvirtua.comhttps://virtua.tech/blog/-/blogs/rss2020-06-07T06:09:55Z2020-06-07T06:09:55ZOracle Code One 2018 SessionsKito Mannhttps://virtua.tech/blog/-/blogs/oracle-codeone-2018-sessions2018-10-24T00:32:56Z2018-10-24T00:17:00Z<p>I've been to so many JavaOne conferences over the past 20&nbsp;years, that it's hard to keep count. This year was different -- it's the first year since Oracle changed the name to <a href="https://www.oracle.com/code-one/index.html">Code One</a>. Even though there were many sessions on non-Java technologies (including two of mine), it still felt a lot like the old JavaOne in terms of content, which is definitely a good thing. The overall feeling is different, though. I still miss the good old days of Sun's JavaOne, with beam bags, video games, and Office Space playing in the background.&nbsp;</p> <p>That era is gone, however, and even without the hipness of the old days, there is a lot of good content here, and it was great to see some old friends. I was pleased to present three sessions; the slides are now available on this site (and should be available through the Oracle site soon):</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.virtua.tech/slides/javascript-parallel-universe/#/">Parallel Universe: Java Developer’s Guide to Front-End Development</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.virtua.tech/slides/webcomponents-state-of-union/#/">HTML5 Web Components State of the Union</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.virtua.tech/slides/intro-selenium-webdriver/#/">Test Automation with Selenium WebDriver, Java, and JUnit</a></li> </ul> <p>If you attended one of the sessions, thanks for coming! If not, feel free to check out the slides and drop me a line via the <a href="https://www.virtua.tech/contact">Contact Us</a> page or <a href="https://twitter.com/kito99">@kito99</a> on twitter.</p>Kito Mann2018-10-24T00:17:00ZPolymerTS 0.2.3 ReleasedKito Mannhttps://virtua.tech/blog/-/blogs/polymerts-0-2-3-released2017-12-01T16:51:57Z2017-12-01T16:31:00Z<p>I'm pleased to announce the release of <a href="https://github.com/nippur72/PolymerTS" target="_blank">PolymerTS</a>&nbsp;version <a href="https://github.com/nippur72/PolymerTS/releases/tag/0.2.3" target="_blank">0.2.3</a>. PolymerTS makes it easy to write <a href="https://www.polymer-project.org/" target="_blank">Polymer</a>&nbsp;1.x applications (or components) with TypeScript, and provides a set of decorators to simplify the development process.</p> <p>A few months ago I joined the project as a collaborator, and I've been thrilled to finally have the time to make some major contributions. In addition fixing a problem with observers in the previous release, this release also cleans up the project structure and adds contribution info.&nbsp;</p> <p>In addition, I'll be working with the community and my clients to come up with a migration path for Polymer 2 so that developers can upgrade their applications from Polymer 1.x + TypeScript + PolymerTS to Polymer 2.x + TypeScript + <a href="https://github.com/Polymer/polymer-decorators" target="_blank">PolymerDecorators</a> (the new official TypeScript project from the Polymer team). If you're interested in helping, please comment on the <a href="https://github.com/nippur72/PolymerTS/issues/110" target="_blank">github issue</a>.</p>Kito Mann2017-12-01T16:31:00Z